Meet The 2009 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists: Patrik Ervell

Patrik ErvellWhere are you from? San Francisco. Whom did you train with or work for before starting your own collection? I worked at a magazine. Tell us a fun fact about yourself. I once had my picture taken by Richard Avedon. Where were you when you got the call telling you that you’re a Fashion Fund finalist? In my studio, in the middle of a workday. What’s your hidden talent? I make a make a really good pasta sauce. Where were you educated? UC Berkeley. Who’s your favorite designer? As a teenager in the nineties, I was really into Helmut Lang. What’s playing in your studio? Mostly twentieth-century French composers. Where’s your favorite place to take a break? The corner of Howard and Crosby streets. It’s right in front of my studio, and it’s great for people-watching.